Pointillism
In art, what can that
possibly mean?
Pointillism
Pointillism, just as it sounds, is
a style of art using only dots.
French Artist Georges Seurat,
the founder of this movement in
the 1880s, preferred the name
Divisionism.
Georges Seurat
It was the critics of this
movement that gave it the
name Pointillism.
Pointillism
When viewed from a
distance, the eye
blends the dots, in a
process called optical
blending.
Even though no
orange paint was
used, red and yellow
create the effect.
The Eiffel Tower by Georges Seurat
Pointillism
Seurat
began as
a more
traditional
painter
and later
developed
Pointillism.
The Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat
Pointillism
Pointillism
required
so much
patience.
His most
famous
piece,
took two
years!
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by Georges Seurat
Pointillism
Seurat
made over
3 million
dots on
this piece!
3,456,000
dots one
at a time!
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by Georges Seurat